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Patented Dec. 26, 188Z..

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MANTEL AND FRONT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,772, dated December26, 1882.

Application filed February 20,1882. (Modell To all whom it may concernBe it known that we, FREDERICK WOOLF- ENDEN and HERBERT L. OBRIEN, ofDetroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Mantels and Fronts; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

The nature of our invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in the construction of mantels and the fronts which supportthem. 4

The invention consists in constructing such mantels and supports as areusually found in dwellings of paper or fiber pulp, as more fullyhereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing is shown an ordinarily-shaped mantel andfront. Tlris is made of paper or fiber pulp pressed into shape insuitable molds, which will allow any desired form or ornamentation to begiven to them. Atter being thus pressed into shape the mantel and frontis dried and lacquered or given any other finish desired.

The mantel and front may be Inadein one piece, or in several pieces, tobe afterward joined together, if desired. The latter course would insome instances be preferable where the article must be packed andshipped to a distance from the place of production.

What we claim as our invention is As a new artic e of'manut'acture andsale, a mantel and front made of paper or fiber pulp pressed in molds,substantially as described.

FREDERICK WOOLFEJDEN. HERBERT L. OBRIEN.

Witnesses:

GEo. R. WooLFENDEN, A. S. AUs'rIN.

